Published Impact Analyses

Announcement date
 26 May 2022

Link to announcement 
https://www.aemc.gov.au/rule-changes/efficient-reactive-current-access-standards-inverter-based-resources 

Problem being addressed
Inverter connected resources such as batteries currently have to demonstrate that they comply with the minimum access standards specified in Schedule 5.2.5.5 of the National Energy Rules (NER) – including reactive current fault-response minimum access standard. Network service providers are not able to provide connection approval to parties that do not meet this minimum standard. 

Announcement date 

10 February 2025 

Link to announcement  

Albanese Labor Government building on investments to Close The Gap | Ministers' media centre 

Problem being addressed 

On 8 March 2018, the CPTPP was signed by Ministers and representatives from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. The CPTPP entered into force for Australia on 30 December 2018. The United Kingdom formally joined CPTPP on 15 December 2024.

The CPTPP contains chapters typically found in a free trade agreement relating to the removal of tariff barriers, rules of origin and non-tariff barriers, access for business persons, investment, and intellectual property. However, CPTPP also went beyond this practice to include new commitments and ambitious rules, including on government procurement, electronic commerce, labour and environmental standards, competition with state-owned enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, and small and medium-sized enterprises. 

Announcement date

25 September 2024

Link to announcement 
https://www.casa.gov.au/rules/regulatory-framework/casr/part-43-casr-maintenance-aircraft-private-and-aerial-work-operations#Non-legislativeinstruments

Problem being addressed

Maintenance requirements for general aviation aircraft (private and aerial work operations) were first developed in 1947 and last reviewed over 30 years ago as part of the development of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1988 (CASR 1988).

Announcement date 

24 January 2024

Link to announcement  

Consultation on a proposed exposure model for assessing the safety of sunscreen ingredients in Australia - Therapeutic Goods Administration - Citizen Space

Problem being addressed 

Announcement date

25 November 2024

Link to announcement 

Production tax incentives to help build a Future Made in Australia

Problem being addressed

Supply chain concentration and the vulnerability of the critical minerals supply chain to market shocks due to the concentrated nature of the downstream processing and refining of critical minerals. Private firms are failing to appropriately price in the required level of economic resilience and security in critical sectors and supply chains. 

Announcement date

25 November 2024

Link to announcement 

Production tax incentives to help build a Future Made in Australia

Problem being addressed

There are several hard-to-abate industrial sectors that require new energy sources to be decarbonised. These include ammonia and methanol production, steelmaking and the heavy transport sector. Renewable hydrogen can be a low-emissions substitute for hydrogen that is produced through emissions-intensive methods and has potential to replace natural gas in steelmaking. 

Announcement date
13 December 2024

Link to announcement
https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01638/asmade/text

Problem being addressed
The Family Law Regulations 1984 sunset in April 2025. The Family Law Regulations prescribe matters of practice and procedure in courts exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975 (the Act). This includes matters pertaining to parentage testing; registration of overseas orders; the conferral of family law jurisdiction on certain state or territory courts; regulating who can conduct family law arbitration; and prescribing relevant state and territory laws and agencies to facilitate the Act’s operation.

Announcement date
8 August 2023

Link to announcement 
Corporations (Derivatives) Determination 2023 

Problem being addressed
The Corporations (Derivatives) Determination 2013 (the instrument) sets out the classes of derivatives which are subject to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s derivative transaction reporting and clearing rules. This instrument and the rules that it enlivens, are a key part of Australia’s regulatory framework for derivatives, introduced in line with G20 recommendations following the global financial crisis. The instrument sunsets on 1 October 2023

Announcement date

28 November 2024

Link to announcement 

Treasury Laws Amendment (Fairer for Families and Farmers and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Problem being addressed

Businesses have indicated that complex layers of regulation and a product safety framework that is slow to respond to changing international consumer markets can contribute to unnecessary costs and confusion about their obligations when supplying goods that are regulated by mandatory Australian standards under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). The most common problems that have arisen through consultation include: